Hammah's Dismissal, or A Salutary Political Lesson

From The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen...of Ghana Sat Nov 9 2013, 01:21:00

Yesterday's unexpected and sudden dismissal of Former Deputy Communications Minister Victoria Hammah over a 32-minute conversation that was secretly recorded offers a salutary lesson to us all: "better to keep silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt"!

May she go on to better things with more sagacity than she left this position.

_________________________________________________________ sent from my Samsung tablet. . .

*twitter.com/ekbensah

[view whole blog post ]
 See More    |     Report Abuse


You might also be interested in the following news stories:

Togo:  Premières leçons d'un scrutin (analysis)
allAfrica.com
2 Mai 2024

Ce lundi 29 Avril 2024, le Togo a connu ses premières élections législatives et régionales sous l’ère de la nouvelle Constitution qui consacre le régime ... [read more]

South Africa:  Nearly 5,000 Post Office Jobs at Risk - South African News Briefs - May 2, 2024 (news)
AllAfrica Foundation
2 Mai 2024

  Nearly 5,000 Post Office Jobs at Risk The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and a Single Adjudication Committee have rejected a relief funding application, leaving ... [read more]

South Africa:  'No Electricity, No Vote', Shout Angry Limpopo Villagers (news)
GroundUp
2 Mai 2024

Promise Maremeni is a dressmaker. But she is losing business because she has to use a manual sewing machine instead of an electric one, because her village has been without electricity since it was ... [read more]



blogAfrica is allAfrica.com's platform to help you keep an ear on the African blogosphere. We draw diverse voices from around the world who post regularly and insightfully about African issues. Bloggers, submit your blog's rss-feed!